The average price of electricity in Italy, in December of 2012, has been 0.2297€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0165 kWh, 7.74% since the previous semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Italy in that period was € 0.1525 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.1445 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 5.54%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Italy has increased by 8%.
In Italy, the price of electricity reached its maximum price, € 0.2297kWh, in December of 2012. Its minimum price was €0.192 kWh, corresponding to December of 2010.
Italy is in fourth place on the list of countries with the most expensive electricity in Europe.
When looking at the difference between the price of electricity with and without taxes, we see that households in Italy paid € 0.0772 in taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 33.61% of what consumers pay for electricity is in concept taxes.
You can see the ranking of electricity price in Europe and see all the information about Italy in economy of Italy.